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A Conversation with Kyla Houbolt about Poetry & Gardening
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A Conversation with Kyla Houbolt about Poetry & Gardening

Good poems do lots of things, but they never fail in expanding the imagination. Kyla Houbolt makes writing good lines look easy.

  • Ashok Karra
Ashok Karra Apr 11, 2022 • 6 min read
Kyla Houbolt, "Be That As it May"
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Kyla Houbolt, "Be That As it May"

For me, "you are your own worst enemy" ties to a deeper process of self-knowing, so deep I thought the advice useless once upon a time.

  • Ashok Karra
Ashok Karra Mar 19, 2022 • 4 min read
Kyla Houbolt, "bad idea"
poetry

Kyla Houbolt, "bad idea"

That the Colosseum can be humane, peaceful, and fun for us may be a fitting tribute, though far more fitting if all colonial and imperial endeavors ceased.

  • Ashok Karra
Ashok Karra Jul 10, 2021 • 5 min read
Kyla Houbolt, "Gold"
poetry

Kyla Houbolt, "Gold"

...good love poetry is good poetry, expanding sensitivity’s range.

  • Ashok Karra
Ashok Karra Jun 12, 2021 • 4 min read
Kyla Houbolt, "I see no reason for poetry"
poetry

Kyla Houbolt, "I see no reason for poetry"

How do we learn? Often by pretending to be who we want to be. Like all things, this is full of complications and contradictions.

  • Ashok Karra
Ashok Karra May 8, 2021 • 4 min read
Kyla Houbolt, "Slippery;" Emily Dickinson, "Your thoughts don't have words every day" (1452)
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Kyla Houbolt, "Slippery;" Emily Dickinson, "Your thoughts don't have words every day" (1452)

As Houbolt documents: “that thing I meant to say / slips out of my grasp again / I say something anyway.”

  • Ashok Karra
Ashok Karra Apr 13, 2021 • 3 min read
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